Anwar Sadat's 'Open Letter' to American Jews Politely Rejected NEW YORK (JTA)—Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in an open letter published acceptance of Egypt's full demands." Sunday has urged the American Jewish community to "contribute" to the peace process in Sadat's letter, copyrighted by the Miami Herald which had asked him to speak directly the Middle East and by implication support his demands for an Israeli-Egyptian peace to the Jewish community, was also carried in the New York Daily News and the Washington Star. The Daily News also ran a copyrighted answer from Schindler. agreement. In a reply, Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of In his letter, Sadat said, "I believe that the American Jewish community shares a Major American Jewish Organizations, said that American Jews want peace but do not historic responsibility for erecting a formidable edifice of peace." He said he agree "that the only appropriate response to your (Sadat's) initiative is an unqualified (Continued on Page 5) The Legacy of H.H. Humphrey Encouraging Jews to Aim for Just Rights and Legislators to Support Them HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 VOL. LXXII, No. 22 of Jewish Events Peter Martin's Scholarly Analysis of Kabala and Jewish Mysticism Review on Page 48 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This IssUe 30° February 3, 1978 U.S. Is More Deeply Involved in Effort to Find M.E. Accord American Nazis: in Skokie and Detroit More Challenges Seen to Block Illinois March CHICAGO (JTA)—More court challenges appear certain against the ruling last Friday by the Illinois Supreme Court that American Nazis have the con- stitutional right to display the swastika during pro- test marches in the heavily Jewish community of Skokie, a Chicago suburl', where 7,000 survivors of the Holocaust now live. In New York, the American Jewish Congress said that if the Illinois Supreme Court decision is ap- pealed, the AJCongress will fine a friend of the court brief in support of a ban on the proposed Nazi march. Naomi Levine, AJCongress executive director, said that in such a brief, "We will urge that members of the Nazi Party be barred from marching through Skokie wearing Nazi un- iforms or swastikas." Mrs. Levine said, "the flaunting of the swastika or a Nazi uniform in a community that includes so many Jewish citizens and Holocaust victims is not an expression of a con- stitutionally protected idea." She called it "a pro- vocative and insulting NAOMI LEVINE symbol which by its very nature inflicts injury and tends to incite an immediate breach of peace." She also said that the U.S. Supreme Court has held illat "insulting" or "fighting words" are not protected the First Amendment and , that "we believe the .ih court will reach the same decision in the Skokie case." The long-delayed Illinois ruling removed only one of the obstacles to a planned march by the National Socialist Party of America in Skokie. Other barriers JERUSALEM (JTA)—The pace of Middle East de- velopments slowed down perceptibly this week as Israel prepared to wait for Egypt's response to its latest proposals for a joint declaration of principles and the outcome of President Anwar Sadat's meeting with President Carter at Camp David, Maryland, this weekend. Little movement is expected in fact until Sadat's return from his junket which includes not only Washington but United Automobile Workers Union Local 600 at key capitals in Western Europe. the Ford Motor Co., the largest local in the UAW, has U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Alfred L. Atherton met asked its members to attend a neighborhood meeting Monday morning with Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and 7:30 p.m. Monday to organize against the Nazi his aides to put the finishing touches to a draft of principles bookstore on W. Vernor. based on Carter's Jan. 4 formulation at Aswan. Local 600 is joining with the West Vernor Com- munity group to plan protests. The meeting is being - An agreement on principles between Israel and held at Sammy's Piza Hall, 8445 W. Vernor. Egypt is expected to set the stage for resumption of the political committee talks that were abruptly bro- Meanwhile, court action to have the Nazis ken off by Sadat when he recalled his delegation from evicted from the building at 7608 W. Vernor has been postponed until Feb. 15. Attorney Alan M. Jerusalem on Jan. 18. Silver, representing landlord Edward Bullock, Hope was also expressed that it would ease the way for told The Jewish News that he is amending Bul- Jordan to join the Israeli-Egyptian peace-making process. lock's complaint to show that "a lease was exe- But there was no cause for optimism on that score when it cuted, and the tennants are not using the pre- was learned that King Hussein forcefully reaffirmed his mises in accordance with the lease." wait-and-see policy at his meeting with Atherton in Bullock has said in the past that the building was Amman over the weekend. leased as -a print shop. Silver said that he would ask Better prospects existed that Israel and Egypt would Common Pleas Judge Henry Szymanski for a jury reach an accord on principles, some sources said . The trial, and Silver expected that the case would be main obstacle was Israel's flat rejection of the words heard two-four weeks after the Feb. 15 hearing. He "legitimate rights" of the Palestinians which it views as a said if Bullock was granted a judgement of posession the Nazis would be given 10 days to appeal the deci- code-word for the eventual establishment of a Palestinian sion or vacate. state Carter used that phrase at Aswan, al- though he has maintained consistently that he is opposed to an independent A fire of mysterious origin over the weekend razed the main building Palestinian state. of Camp Gan Israel near Fenton-as local volunteer fire-fighting crews Another sticking point was Carter's watched helplessly from a distance of several hundred yards, unable to move their equipment through five-foot snow drifts. proposal that the Palestinians be The camp, a non-profit venture run by the Central Organization for given the right "to participate in the Jewish Education (a branch of Lubavitch), provides two summer ses- determination of their own future." sions, each for 175 children. Most are drawn from Detroit-area, low- While this is less than "self- income, underpriviledged families and many of them, unable to meet determination" it seems to be more the camp fees, are on full or partial scholarships. than Israel's "self-rule" offer. The main complex gutted by the fire contained dormitories for cam- . Detroit Citizen, Labor Groups Planning Action Arson Suspected at Camp (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 18) (Continued on Page 14) Jewish Groups, Businessman OK Boycott Regulations NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress and Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith have declared their "satisfaction with the thrust" of the U.S. Commerce Department's regula- tions to implement the new federal anti-boycott law, but said that "some areas of concern remain." The three organizations announced they would establish their own monitoring office to evaluate compliance with and implementation of the anti-boycott law. They also said they would ask the Commerce Department to strengthen its proposed boycott reporting requirements to alleviate some of the weak- nesses remaining in the regulations. Irving S. Shapiro, the chairman of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and head of the Business Roundtable, a major business lobby group, said that the general reaction from top business leaders has been: "I can live with it." If there had been any major displeasure with the regulations, which went into effect Jan. 18 and which will govern trade with Arab countries, he said in an interview, "you can be sure I would have heard about it pretty quickly." The joint statement issued by the Jewish groups said that the regulations "for the most part reflect the intent of Congress to prohibit boycott com- pliance." If vigorously enforced, they added, the regulations "should do (Continued on Page 18) IRVING SHAPIRO